Exclamative sentences cannot function as direct answers: the exclamative response in (16B') is unacceptable to the direct question “How fast was Eliud Kipchoge?”

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Exclamatives, deniability, and answerhood — Answerhood evidence and the distinction between answers and narrative replies

Exclamative sentences cannot function as direct answers

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2006#unit-3-p2

Exclamatives, deniability, and answerhood — Answerhood evidence and the distinction between answers and narrative replies

Exclamative sentences cannot function as direct answers

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2006#unit-3-p2

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